Last Easter Nate, Dana, C'zarke and I were hiking in the Scottish Highlands.. this easter we decided to do something at sea level. We went sea kayaking in the Whitsunday Islands - off the coast of Airlie Beach.
On Friday Nate and I paddled east from Shute Harbour to Paddle Bay on South Molle Island camped overnight. Crossing over to South Molle was a little bit hairy as the tide was going out and we wanted to head east not north (rapidly). Paddle Bay camping site is really beautiful - there's a toilet (pit) and picnic tables. No water though. Butterflies everywhere! Not sure why but they were all bravely flying out a metre above the water to the islands. Next day we waited for slack water and headed off to Planton Island where we were meeting Dana and C'zarke. We had the island all to ourselves - national parks only allow 4 people on at a time. It was great fun, even though it rained a bit and so cool having our own beach. The toilet on Planton Island has three sides and no roof or door... still at least there's a toilet and no roof means no nice snake to greet you in the middle of the night.
I didn't realise how stable sea kayaks are - they're great fun and not that hard to paddle. We rented ours from Salty Dog at Shute Harbour and 100% recommend them.
The water was really warm and a lovely light milky blue but still cloudy from the cyclone a fortnight ago - so no great underwater pictures of coral reef this time. Maybe in a few weeks when we go Misson Beach.
Here's some more pics
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